Substance Use and Abuse

• Definition of a drug
• Medicines as drugs
• Choosing not to make
• Poisons
• Saying “NO” to drugs
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• Definition of the term “drug”
• Identification of drugs
• Identification of alcohol and nicotine as drugs
• Harmful effects tobacco and alcohol
• Poisons and medicines
• Saying “NO” to drugs
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• Medicines and other substances that contain drugs
• Effects of nicotine, caffeine, alcohol and second hand smoke
• How smoke enters the lungs
• Effects of alcohol on physical tasks or activities
• Saying “NO” to drugs
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• Medical and non-medical drugs
• Influence of drugs on body
• Harmful effects of tobacco and alcohol
• Saying “NO” to tobacco and alcohol
• Alcoholism as a disease
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• Rule for poison safety
• What to do if exposed to dangerous inhalants
• Positive and negative uses for drugs
• Sources of information and influences on drugs
• Impact of drug use on individuals, families and society
• Coping skills for chemical dependency
• Effects of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and inhalants on the body
• Identifying influences and pressures to use drugs
• When to say “NO”
• Effective refusal strategies
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• Tobacco, marijuana, crack and cocaine harm the respiratory system
• Tobacco, alcohol and other drug use is wrong, harmful and illegal
• Laws regulating sale and use of tobacco products; inhalants; crack, cocaine and marijuana
• Harmful effects of smoked and smokeless tobacco, inhalants, crack, cocaine, and marijuana
• Tobacco advertising
• Peer pressure, resisting negative pressures
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• Tobacco and alcohol advertising
• Factual information on tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, inhalants, cocaine, steroids: laws, effects on body, effects on day to day living, how use affects others
• Healthy, drug free activities and products
• Refusal skills
• Chemical dependency: dangers, signs, helping others, community resources
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